TIMHWB Newsletter March 2024 (Vol 5)
TIMHWB Newsletter March 2024 (Vol 5) Welcome to the Volume 5 of the Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing (TIMHWB) Project newsletter!
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Indigenous Mental Health
Evaluating a social and emotional wellbeing model of service piloted in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Western Australia: an Aboriginal Participatory Action Research approach
Evaluating a social and emotional wellbeing model of service piloted in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Western Australia: an Aboriginal Participatory Action Research approach Dudgeon, P., Carlin, E., Kate Derry, K., Alexi, J,. Mitchell, M., & Agung-Igusti, R. (2023) BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075260 ABSTRACT The delivery of services to improve Aboriginal health and well-being must centre
“Our Wellbeing, Our Way: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social and Emotional Wellbeing”
The CBATSISP has commissioned local Perth animated film-makers Luisa Mitchell and Rhadeya Jegatheva to produce a short, animated video “Our Wellbeing, Our Way: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social and Emotional Wellbeing”. The video tells the story of how colonisation has impacted the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities; the importance of self-determination towards a path of healing; and the ways people and communities today strengthen their social and emotional wellbeing.
Trauma Informed Care in the ACCHS Symposium: Summary & Next Steps
Trauma Informed Care in the ACCHS Symposium: Summary & Next Steps A Trauma Informed Care in the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) Symposium was held in Rubibi (Broome) on July 12, 2023. It was hosted by Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service (KAMS) and the Wellbeing Informed Care – Kimberley (WIC-K), Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and
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Anika Indigenous Youth Cultural Exchange Report
Anika Indigenous Youth Cultural Exchange Report Project Overview: The generosity of the Anika Foundation and the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health has allowed UWA to organise a cultural exchange to Canada for six Aboriginal Australian Youths. In Canada, they exchanged practices and knowledge about Indigenous suicide prevention and Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB). Over two
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Lessons Learned during a Rapidly Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-Led Mental Health and Wellbeing Responses are Key
Lessons Learned during a Rapidly Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-Led Mental Health and Wellbeing Responses are Key Dudgeon, P., Collova, J. R., Derry, K., & Sutherland, S. (2023). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ABSTRACT As the world journeys towards the endemic phase that follows a pandemic, public health authorities are
Incorporating Indigenous Psychology into courses | Wiley Higher Education
Incorporating Indigenous Psychology into courses | Wiley Higher Education Fostering cultural responsiveness in our graduates EXCERPT Graduate psychologists are sensitive to the to the fact that they work in a very diverse society, and now more than ever, there is a real hunger for change. Embedding Indigenous knowledges and ensuring Indigenous participation in the psychology
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New Cultural Exchange Targets Indigenous Suicide Prevention
New Cultural Exchange Targets Indigenous Suicide Prevention. UWA Media Release about the Anika Indigenous Cultural Exchange. EXCERPT The inaugural Anika Indigenous Cultural Exchange, funded by the Anika Foundation and the Poche Centre of Indigenous Health at The University of Western Australia, will enable six participants aged 18 to 30 to spend two weeks in Winnipeg
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An Indigenous-governed, Co-designed Approach to Improving Cultural Safety in Mental Health Services
An Indigenous-governed, Co-designed Approach to Improving Cultural Safety in Mental Health Services Prof. Helen Milroy, Dr. Shraddha Kashyap, & Dr. Jemma Collova SUMMARY Research fellows in the TIMHWB team (Dr Shraddha Kashyap and Dr Jemma Collova) were awarded a prize for best poster and lightening presentation at the Science on the Swan conference held in
Pat Dudgeon on Decolonising Psychology
Pat Dudgeon on Decolonising Psychology Pat Dudgeon and AIPEP were featured in UWA’s staff intranet news. EXCERPT “Psychology is a helping science,” Pat says. “I wanted to work with people and be useful. But once I started, I realised that it [the curriculum] was culturally blind to Indigenous realities. It didn’t consider things that are
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